Casey Alexander’s departure from Stetson and new research on the ethics of professors led Stetson’s news coverage this week. Notable national and local placements include the NBC Sports, CBS Sports, CNBC, Science Daily, Bloomberg Businessweek, Tampa Bay Times, WOFL-TV, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tampa Tribune, and The Times of Israel. Coverage for May 17-23, 2013, includes:

Top Stories

• Lipscomb has hired Stetson head basketball coach Casey Alexander, according to CBSSports.com, NBCSports, and The Tennessean on May 18. Additional coverage: Philly.com, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Vancouver Sun, WOAI-TV, WFTV-TV, WTVF-TV, WTSP-TV, KARE-TV, WJXX-TV and dozens of other media outlets.
• Science Daily reported May 22 on new research that shows professors who study moral philosophy and its application in the real world may not be ethical themselves when it comes to responding to students. The “Ethicists’ and Nonethicists’ Responsiveness to Student E-mails: Relationships among Expressed Normative Attitude, Self-described Behavior, and Empirically Observed Behavior” study was conducted by philosophers Joshua Rust of Stetson University and Eric Schwitzgebel of UC Riverside. The study was published in the journal Metaphilosophy. Additional coverage: Newswise, CBSLosAngeles, Medicalxpress.com, Highland Community News, KCAL-TV.
• Bloomberg Businessweek included the Stetson Roland George Investments Program in its round up of schools in the RISE competition. Stetson took first place in the Fixed Income category. This is the 10 time in 13 years that Stetson won top honors in that competition.
• Law Professor Jason Bent and Visiting Law Professor Steven Kropp are both quoted in the May 22 CNBC story, “A Low-Wage US Contractor Just Cooked Your Burger.”
• Law Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the May 16 Chronicle of Higher Education article, “Yale U. Is Fined $165,000 K Under Crime Reporting Law.”
• Alan Green, who will be joining Stetson’s economics faculty in the fall, wrote a column for the Tampa Bay Times, May 22, regarding Florida’s choice to opt out of paying for expanded Medicaid as part of the federal Affordable Care Act.
• Stetson was featured in a May 16 story on WOFL-TV regarding pets in dorms. The story was prompted by a notice from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to its regional offices stating that housing providers, including universities, must offer people with disabilities a reasonable accommodation for emotional support animals.

Other Stories in the News

• Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy wrote a book review for the May 21 Guernica on Citizens Disunited.
• The Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection at Stetson was referenced in an article on NJSpotlight about the Patterson, NJ, IWW union strike of 1913. Bluemner’s art is on display in the area as part of a series of historical and cultural exhibitions commemorating the strike.
• According to the May 16 St. Petersblog and Sunshine News, Law student Dr. Julio Gonzalez is running against Representative Holder. Gonzalez is an orthopedic surgeon, a native Floridian, the son of exiles who fled Castro’s regime, a veteran of the US Navy Reserve and former chief of staff at Venice Regional Medical Center.
• The May 16 Tampa Tribune mentions development near the Tampa Law Center related to the Tampa River Walk.
• Stetson’s women’s basketball team will participate in the 2013 Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament in November along with 15 other institutions. Ten of the 16, including Stetson, are coming off NCAA appearances, according to KNDO-TV. Additional coverage: Gonzaga.com, KNDU-TV, KREM-TV, Daytona Beach News-Journal.
• In a May 16 Daytona Beach News-Journal article about plans for a new hotel in DeLand, Stetson was mentioned because its purchase of University Inn will take 70 hotel rooms out of the market when those rooms are converted to student housing.
• Stetson’s Patrick Mazeika earned Atlantic-Sun Freshman of the Year honors after leading the Hatters’ baseball offense with a conference-high .392 batting average, according to the Kentucky Enquirer. Additional coverage: Cincinnati Enquirer.
• The West Volusia Beacon reported on May 20 that Stetson has named Rodney “RC” San Jose as executive director of Admission.
• Commencement ceremonies were covered by the Daytona Times and Florida Higher Education Spectator on May 17.
• Top awards were presented to Stetson students and faculty during convocation and commencement ceremonies, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal on May 19.
• In a run down of the top 10 students at one Cincinnati area high school, the Cincinnati Enquirer mentions Stetson as the school of choice for one graduate who was also accepted to five other universities. Additional coverage: Kentucky Enquirer, News-Leader, News-Herald.
• Stetson was mentioned in the Cape Coral Daily Breeze when the local Kiwanis club presented scholarships to 10 students including one who plans to attend Stetson.
• Stetson continues to receive coverage from a new luxury dorm at UCF that is being constructed with funds donated by the father of a former Stetson student. Coverage: Heritage Florida Jewish News, The Times of Israel.
• Stetson hosted the Atlantic-Sun Conference baseball tournament at Melching Field, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal on May 20.
• Retired Stetson Coach Glenn Wilkes has authored an e-book, A Jack Russell Named Domino: Some Things Lost Are Gone Forever, about the lessons his dog taught him when Domino lost his leg to cancer, according to Hometown News.

Alumni in the News

• Harper Bumpers celebrated 40 years as pastor of St. Augustine Road Baptist Church, according to the Florida Baptist Witness.
• Dori Hanna, nurse-care manager at Osprey Lodge, an assisted living facility, is featured vocalist in a music video about Parkinson’s disease. The video has been submitted to the Parkinson’s World Congress for an award, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
• News of Law alumna Pam Bondi, Florida’s first female attorney general, speaking at Stetson’s graduation, has run in the May 19 Tampa Bay Times.
• The May 20 LawBizBlog mentions Stetson Law student Kimberly Clark, who died shortly before commencement, in the article, “Law means a better life, not death.” The May 20 Solo Practice University blog also mentions Clark’s death. The May 16 Tribune Chronicle includes an obituary for Clark. The May 16 Sarasota Herald Tribune reported the death of Stetson Law student Kimberly Clark and ABC Action News also ran a tribute page for Clark.
• According to the May 16 Bloomingdale-Riverview Patch Law alumnus Brent Rose will begin teaching as an adjunct at Coley Law School in Tampa.
• Investors Hub reports that Law alumnus Harvey V. Cohen, a former state prosecutor for the 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida, is on the board of Punch Media Inc.

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